Brisbane Storm

Posted on | December 8, 2005 | 3 Comments

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I have been left home alone for two days which may mean that I emerge from deadline hell some time this century. So far this has led me to eat too many stawberries and participate in a photo taking frenzy during the mother of all storms this afternoon. This is what it looked like from my place (it’s only a tiny moofie, just to see if I can impress Jean when she gets back from Sydney). If you can make out the high rises in the distance at the start (behind the massive palm tree), try to imagine that two window cleaners were stuck hanging from the biggest tower in the CBD while all this blowing, thunder and lightning was going on. There are more pictures at flickr, tracing the storm over about 40 minutes. It was frightening and beautiful to see how quickly nature restored its equilibrium. If only I as a human could learn to purge and refresh so efficiently.
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3 Responses to “Brisbane Storm”

  1. Nick Caldwell
    December 10th, 2005 @ 12:29 pm

    I can personally testify that being stuck in the middle of that storm with an unbrella that was constantly turning inside out was no fun at all. Of course, the most I had to worry about was soggy Chinese takeaway, not plummeting to my death from 20 floors.

  2. jean
    December 12th, 2005 @ 10:18 am

    I’m suitably impressed! Not least with the storm, which I’m spewing I missed :(

  3. Snurblog
    December 20th, 2005 @ 4:45 pm

    Storm Season

    Southeast Queensland has been getting some cracker storms in recent weeks, and there’s been some good footage of them online as well. I spent the last weekend over on Moreton Island, across the bay from Brisbane, and we got a great one just …

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